Service difficulty report · Gauge · Raythn HAWKER800XP

Difficulty date
June 19, 2018
Submitted
July 9, 2018
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
JGVR194F
Duncan Aviation Inc
Aircraft
N184TR
Make and model
Raythn HAWKER800XP
Aircraft serial
258671
Aircraft time
4,685 hours, 2,694 cycles
Part
Gauge
Condition
Leaking
Location
Crew Oxygen
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

WHILE OXYGEN SYSTEM WAS BEING SERVICED, AT 3/4 PRESSURE THE AIRCRAFT’S PRESSURE GAUGE BECAME UNREADABLE AND A LEAKING SOUND DISCOVERED. OXYGEN CART WAS TURNED OFF AND LEAK INVESTIGATED. LEAKAGE COULD BE FELT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE GAUGE WHEN TECHNICIAN RAN FINGERS AROUND IT AT WHICH POINT THE GAUGE BLEW APART. REPLACED THE GAUGE.